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In the April 2010 issue of this Newsletter, we reported on the decision of the Tax Court of Canada in Coleman v. M.N.R., in which the Tax Court denied charitable donation credits claimed by various donors to a structured scholarship fundraising program

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice recently awarded approximately $45,000 to two individuals who sued their accountant for advising them to participate in a donation tax shelter arrangement and for taking secret commissions in respect of the scheme

On February 18, 2010, the Federal Court of Appeal rejected an argument advanced by a charity that the federal Parliament lacks jurisdiction to provide for the registration and de-registration of charities through the Income Tax Act (the "Act"